The order allows the agency's enforcement unit to subpoena documents and compel witnesses to testify, said the [sources], who asked not to be identified because the order hasn't been made public.

Whether or not Frist's suspiciously timed stock sale was based on an insider's knowledge (background here and here), this isn't a good development for a politician who plans to run for president.

"This turns the flame up under the kettle and keeps the water boiling," said Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the independent Rothenberg Poltical Report in Washington. "It means he's going to continue to be peppered with questions about this stock sale, and no politician wants to be questioned about things like that."

Frist, Delay, Rove, Safavian, Abramoff, Enron, Halliburton, Mike Brown. How many more years of Republican rule can this country afford? How much is there left for them to rob? Don't forget my friends that we will all someday be footing the bill for their incompetence, dishonesty, and greed.

John: "Don't forget my friends that we will all someday be footing the bill..."
I'm certain that Ms. Sheehan and many other Gold Star mothers would be HAPPY to pay out the nose in taxes and stand in the Bush Depression Bread Lines, sleep under Bush Blankets (newspapers), and beg door to door -- if they could have their sons back.
The 'we will all someday' has already begun for some.